Monster Jam

Michael surprised the two big boys with a trip to Monster Jam last Saturday night. The boys were so excited to have a night out on the town. We parked at Michael's work garage which is at the entrance to the pedestrian bridge. As soon as we parked it started raining pretty heavily. The storm passed through pretty quickly so we waited it out in Michael's building. After the storm, we made the trek across the pedestrian bridge. Michael and I did not anticipate how long this would take with short little legs. I think it took us about 30 minutes to make it across the bridge. The boys were just in amazement looking at the bridge and the water and were in no hurry at all.

We finally made it to the stadium about 10 minutes late. The tickets specifically said that mobile tickets were accepted and there was no need to print. We tried to go into the club level entrance near the pedestrian bridge exit and were very rudely yelled at for trying to use our mobile tickets. We were told that mobile tickets were only accepted at the opposite side of the stadium at gate 1. Yikes!! It was about 95 degrees outside and the boys were in no mood to walk all the way around the stadium to gate 1 and then walk all the way around the stadium again to get to the club level entrance. Michael and I ended up carrying them most the way. By the time we finally made it to our seats we were about 35 minutes late. It was definitely a rough start to the night!

We finally got to our seats and the boys were in awe of the trucks. But it was LOUD! I was really glad that we left Conor had home with Big and Allie, because i'm not sure he could have handled the noise. Patrick is extremely sensitive to sounds so he had a really tough time. The headphones we purchased (for $40!?!?) really cancelled out the noise, but both boys complained that the headphones hurt their head. Patrick only lasted about 15 minutes before he and I went into the club level to watch it on the big screen. I will definitely prepare better next time.

Peyton didn't seem very bothered by the sound and had a blast just bobbing his head to the music and watching the trucks flip over and crash. He thought it was the best night ever! Patrick said he thought it would have been really fun if it wasn't so loud.

I can't say I ever imagined myself at a monster truck show, but it was definitely a fun experience!

This little boy could not have had more fun

Right after a monster truck did a full back flip and then flipped over and crashed on it's hood.

Strolling back over the pedestrian bridge. "Look mom it's the Batman building...AWESOME!" Haha, gotta love little boys :)

We would definitely do this again, but would purchase ear buds ahead of time and print out our tickets in advance. Lesson learned!